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In an 18-0 decision the IHSAA has moved forward with fully sanctioning girls wrestling as a varsity sport in Indiana. The sport was officially approved this afternoon after running as a separate event under the IHSGW since 2017 and two years under the IHSAA's Emerging Sport status.
 
Indiana has been a training ground for many of the top women's wrestlers in the country with Olympians Sarah Hildebrandt and Kayla Miracle leading the way. Indiana has a strong tradition in women's wrestling and as a fully sanctioned sport it will continue to produce wrestlers with national and world level success.

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YES.

Today.com contacted me and picked up my story.😳
https://www.today.com/health/men-s-health/dad-mystery-brain-illness-rcna147984

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125 - Christian Mejia
133 - Cayden Rooks
141 - Jesse Mendez
149 - Graham Rooks
157 - Brayton Lee
165 - Johnathan Kervin
174 - Brody Baumann
184 - DJ Washington
197 - Silas Allred
285 - Lucas Davison
 
Mostly our D-1 guys, but there were a couple that could be starters on that list that are already behind studs. Blubaugh and Streck would be good starters for this team if we didn't already have Allred and Davison. 

Baumgartner did go to my alma mater Indiana State!!!!  Can we get partial credit for that.  3rd most famous Sycamore behind Larry Bird and myself!!😁

Location
T-Mobile Center
Kansas City, Missouri
 
Event Information Page
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Schedule
*All Times Central
Thursday, March 21
11:00am Session 1 (Round of 32)
6:00pm Session 2 (Round of 16 and consolations)
 
Friday, March 22
11:00am Session 3 (Quarter-Finals and consolations)
7:00pm Session 4 (Semi-Finals and consolations)
 
Saturday, March 23
10:00am Session 6 (Consolation finals)
6:00pm Session 7 (Championship matches)
 
Brackets
Brackets on TrackWrestling
 
Streaming and Viewing
*All Times Central
 
All sessions and all mats are available on ESPN+
Thursday, March 21
11:00am Session 1 ESPNU 
6:00pm Session 2 ESPN
 
Friday, March 22
11:00am Session 3 ESPNU
7:00pm Session 4 ESPN
 
Saturday, March 23
10:00am Session 6 ESPNU
6:00pm Session 7 ESPN
 
Participating wrestlers from Indiana
Weight Wrestler High School College 133 Cayden Rooks Columbus East Indiana 141 Jesse Mendez Crown Point Ohio State 141 Sergio Lemley Mount Carmel Michigan 149 Graham Rooks Columbus East Indiana 157 Brayton Lee Brownsburg Indiana 174 Brody Baumann Mater Dei Purdue 197 Evan Bates Chesterton Northwestern 197 Silas Allred Shenandoah Nebraska 285 Lucas Davison Chesterton Michigan 285 Nick Willham Greenwood Indiana
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Full replay of the finals posted on YouTube:
 
 

Christian Mejia!!! National champion! What a way to cap a career! Congratulations!

WOW! Christian Mejia! He comes in as the 3-seed, having lost only to the top two seeds during the year. Facing the 2-seed, who beat him 9-2 during the year, he hips into a high-c attempt and takes him to his back for the pin only a minute into the match!! 
He's been on the podium twice before, and now he gets his shot for a title tonight!
 
He'll face the 4-seed, who took out the top seed, and who was the runner-up at this event last year. 

In case you missed it on X or the college thread: Christian Mejia from Elkhart Memorial, Derek Blubaugh from Bloomington South, and Shawn Streck from Merrillville all picked up D2 national titles last night.
 
Mejia had finished 5th twice before, was seeded only 3rd, and was in his final year of eligibility. 
 
Blubaugh had twice been national runner-up to his finals opponent, and had lost to him 5-0 two weeks ago, but finally got over the hump.
 
Streck picked up his second consecutive title. 
 
Congrats, guys!!
 
 

Congratulations to Brandon Johnson Congratulations to from Lawrence North for signing with West Liberty. Projected to wrestle 197, 285.
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Congratulations to Dillon Graham Congratulations to from Indianapolis Cathedral for signing with Bellarmine. Projected to wrestle 157.
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It was a great day at Mooresville for Indiana Wrestling.  One high light for me was the amount of team members both boys and girls who came up to me and thanked me for having them on the team and how much they appreciated the opportunity to compete one more time.  We really are producing some great wrestlers in our state and more importantly these kids have a lot of class and respect.  
 
Indiana Gold boys battled hard but came up short 37-22.  Winners for the gold team were;
Mason Jones
Luke Rioux
Tony Wood
Chis Bohn
Duke Myers
 
Indiana Blue sealed a victory for our home state 35-27. Winners were:
Gavyn Whitehead
Griffin Sanders
Carson Fettig
Michael Cain
Keegan Martin
Tyler Schott
Brady Byrd
Josiah Dedeaux 
 
The girls beat Iowa 63-12, but came up short against Illinois 21-44
Double Winners for the girls were: 
Tola Aluka
Sophia Buechner
Rose Kaplan
Leila Thomas 
 
Winner vs Iowa were;
Tola Aluka
Sophia Buechner
Rose Kaplan
Leila Thomas 
Kyra Tomlison
Alexes Spaulding
Kaylea Beauchamp
Jaiah O'Neal
Michela Clifford
Portia Weaver
 
 
 
 
 

The Indiana vs Illinois All-Star Classic duals sponsored by IHSWCA  are all set for 1pm on Sunday March 17.  Come watch some of Indiana's best as they take on Illinois.
 
The Girls team will also wrestle Iowa All-Stars. 
 
Round 1:  Mat 1  Indiana Gold v. Illinois Lincoln
                 Mat 2  Indiana Blue v. Illinois Reagan
                 Mat 3  Illinois Girls v. Iowa Girls
 
Round Two:   Mat 1 Indiana Girls vs.  Iowa Girls  (weights 100-120)
                       Mat 2  Indiana Girls vs. Iowa Girls (weights 125-145)
                       Mat 3   Indiana Girls vs. Iowa Girls (weights 155-235)
 
Round Three  
                       Mat 1 Indiana Girls vs.  Illinois Girls  (weights 100-120)
                       Mat 2  Indiana Girls vs. Illinois  Girls (weights 125-145)
                       Mat 3   Indiana Girls vs. Illinois Girls (weights 155-235)
 
Admission is $5.  Enter door 9.  Concessions available.  
 
 

If we want to dig even deeper into this point: I think our whole culture teaches us that being happy is the meaning of life. Which is all well and good. But the way happiness is defined nowadays has evolved into this: "obsessively chase what you think should be yours so you can be happy for you." That's a counterfeit happiness--it's a rigid individualism and potentially narcissism. True happiness doesn't happen on an island. It happens in relationships and in respect of community. Relationships involve self-sacrifice--the opposite of "get mine for me." As a parent, I'm trying to learn better how to teach "chase your dreams" in a way that also involves celebrating others' successes. It's tough to do!!

Special Shout to Mendez!
 
Winning the 141 Title by beating Woods & Bartlett on the way. His interview was sweet. It's clear he has bigger aspirations in mind.
 
Here is a run down of all the Indiana native's that placed (please let me know if I missed anyone).
 
133 - C. Rooks 7th
141 - Mendez 1st, Lemley 4th
149 - G Rooks 7th
157 - Lee 5th
174 - Baumann 8th
197 - Allred 3rd
HWT - Davison 3rd
 
Brayton Lee could have been in the finals. He lost to Will Lewan in SV in the semifinals, but he had a TD all but secured in the final seconds of regulation. If he would have just covered Lewan's hips he would have gotten the 3. But he had Lewan almost on his back & went for that instead. Lewan was then able to scoot his hips out & square up. Hindsight is 20-20.
 
Good luck to all these guys at Nationals.

This is what I have on D1 Indiana Wrestler List. Rankings by Wrestlestat.com
 

Indiana Womens College wrestler list. Rankings by Flowrestling (NCAA) and theopenmat.com (NAIA)
 

Last year:
Tourney entries for Club teams: $600
Tourney Entries for my own kid: $1200
Shoes: $400
Headgear: $50
Singlets: $150
Hotel Costs: $500 (we don't do many out of town tourneys)
Tourney Gate Fees as parent: $200
Tourney Gate Fees as a coach: $200
Medical supplies for athletes: $100
Gas: ?? At least $200
Food at tourneys: ??? At least $300
Club Dues: $1200
Coaching Card and Clinics: $300
 
I'm sure I'm forgetting other costs, but just with that we're at $5400 and my kid is only 10 and doesn't do a tourney every weekend yet even, let alone national tournaments. So I could see easily spending 10 grand year at minimum if your kid does national level events even 2-3 times/year. 
 
Also, is there a way to ensure this post is unable to be viewed by wives? Asking for a friend...
 

The first annual IndianaMat MessageBoard Hall of Fame class has been announced. Since this Hall of Fame is run by crooked media members we modified the rules right before the announcement. We are inducting three people posthumously and four via the vote-in process. Don’t be surprised if we change the rules again next year. Before we get into the inductees here are some of the general guidelines we have for this honor.
1. No admins or staff
2. Can only go in under ONE name
3. Been an active member for 5 years
4. Innovative and fun
5. All in fun
 
We start the inductees with three people who left an impact on the board and have unfortunately passed away. The first one is grecoref aka Tom Clark. He came to Indiana from his native Ohio and became a full blown Hoosier. On the mat he was a very accomplished referee making his way to the state finals and also to a little tournament called the Olympics. On the board he was known to provide valuable information, sarcasm, wit, and humor. He was a friend to all and a great personality to have on the board.
 
Our second inductee is The Ancient Elder aka Dick Neal. Mr. Neal was likely the greatest Indiana wrestling historian ever. In the days of paper brackets and snail mail, he acquired everything he could possibly get his hands on to incorporate into his Indiana wrestling book. On the board he always answered the historical questions and reminded us of the best wrestlers and matches of the years gone by.
 
The last one to be inducted posthumously is Perseverance aka Eric Allred. Allred has a great story of overcoming adversity and making his life right. He was a huge fan of his son Silas and very knowledgeable about the sport and the kids Silas wrestled with. His passion for the sport and supporting others is very much missed.
 
The currently active members are characters to say the least and have had a fun and important impact on our lively messageboard. It is only fitting that MattyB and Team Garcia are inducted at the same time. Both came on the board at the same time to wreak havoc and promote #TheCounty and mainly the “young guns” of Avon. They have continued to this day due to having sons still involved in wrestling or in the case of Garcia, just loving to stir the pot.
 
The steel factory in da region kept RegionRat1 off the board for a few years, but he made a comeback this season. While he has stayed relatively anonymous he always loves to promote da region in his very unique regioneese. Most outside of da region likely believe the way he types is how they speak there, and they aren’t wrong. 
 
Last, but not least is the lightning rod they call General Heavy Handz. Of the current inductees he leads the league in most “vacations” from IndianaMat. Luckily for him, Mike talks Joe into letting him come back EVERY SINGLE TIME! He is never shy about promoting the SAC and his beloved Snider Panthers.

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You make a great point. I'd love to hear from parents and see what they spent on events, training, gear, etc over the years. I asked one parent of a top wrestler what do you think you've spent on training, events, etc and he laughed, then said "I don't even want to think about THAT!" 

Looking forward to having Easton there next year!!